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From Stowe's Hill via Wardbrook Farm&period; Going got rougher and rougher and wetter&period; Lots of Tussocks made going slow&period; Crossed river by fence and found easy access to top from ESE&period; Went to all the rocky outcrops at summit&period; Bracken on Descent to NE was not easy&period;

PeterD

04/10/2017

Continued from Fox Tor&period; Followed the high ground SSW over East Moor down to Rushyford Gate&period; Then took forest track SE&comma; then east to a slight break in the trees at about SX 23418 74399&period; Followed this easily south up to a barbed fence&comma; then through tussock grass to the summit&period; Continued to Langstone Downs&period;

Superb sunny round of 7 Bodmin tumps&period; The high point is on the west side of the central outcrop cluster&period; We approached from the SE from Hurlers carpark&period; There is gap in the wall in the 334m summit to the south&comma; and the reed&sol; tussock section is quite short&period; To the north near the forest is a boggy brambly section&period; We expected worse&excl;

First TUMP on clockwise circuit of the Withey Brook valley starting at Minions&period; Superb weather&comma; a day of cloudless blue skies and great views&period; If descending NE best keep close to edge of forest to avoid brambles&period;

RichardM

22/10/2016

From the east this hill is a nightmare&excl; Parked at the end of the Sharp Tor road where there is a notice stating that there is no access through Wardbrook Farm&period; Walkers must use the open access to get round it&period; On reaching the farm boundary I turned south&period; Big mistake&period; The bridlegates all lead into a morass of ankle breaking tussocks rising from deep bogs and hidden streams&period; Walking is very slow and requires careful route finding&period; Waited until I was out of sight of the farm then scaled the fence and headed back to the path through the pasture&period; The walk down to Withey Brook is little better&period;Crossing the river is difficult&period; I crossed it at the open access boundary by holding on to wire mesh debris collecting wire and pulling myself across the stones&period; The climb to the summit is deep bracken interspersed with gorse&period; Really losing the will to live by the time I reached the summit&period; Only problem now is the reverse journey back to the path&excl;&excl;&excl;

moorsman

18/06/2016

From ESE&comma; car park at end of road above Sharptor&comma; via Langstone Down&period; Then on to Stowe's Hill&colon; troublesome wall across 334m summit negotiated via gap just W of highest point&period;